Fact · food · 2025
FEHD restaurant licences (2025)
食環署食肆牌照數目（2025年）
Figure and reference date
16,871 licences (12,474 general + 4,397 light refreshment)
16,871 張（普通食肆 12,474＋小食食肆 4,397）
Notes and definition
FEHD restaurant licences in 2025 (general restaurants + light refreshment restaurants).
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| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total food-service receipts (annual) 食肆總收益（按年） | HK$109.6 billion 1,096 億港元 Total food-service receipts in 2025 were about HK$109.6 billion, per C&SD annual statistics. | 2025 | Hong Kong: The Facts — Retailing and Food Services |
| FEHD food business licence categories 食環署食肆及相關牌照類別 | Food business licences beyond restaurants and guesthouses 食肆、賓館以外的食物業牌照 Licensing is administered by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, covering restaurants, food factories, cold stores, delicatessens and dairy premises among others. | 2026-10-10 | FEHD: Licence and permit types and fees |
| Total agricultural land in Hong Kong (end-2024) 香港農地總面積（2024年底） | Approx. 340 hectares of active farmland 約 340 公頃（活躍耕種） AFCD: concentrated in Yuen Long, Sheung Shui and Tai Po; ~6,300 ha left fallow/latent. | 2024 | AFCD: Agriculture in Hong Kong |
| Local agricultural production (2023) 本地農業生產質素（2023） | $485 million market value of local crops 本地生產農作物市值 4.85 億港元 GovHK factsheet on agriculture and fisheries: 2023 output led by live chickens, pigs and vegetables. | 2023 | GovHK: Hong Kong: The Facts — Agriculture & Fisheries |
How to cite this figure
Hong Kong Story, “FEHD restaurant licences (2025)”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/fehd-restaurant-licences-2025, data as at 2025 (retrieved ＿).
中文：香港紀事館，〈食環署食肆牌照數目（2025年）〉，https://hongkongstory.org/facts/fehd-restaurant-licences-2025，資料時點 2025（查閱日期 ＿）。
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